MotoGP: Pecco Bagnaia reveals why GP24 is dominating GP23

Francesco Bagnaia has pointed to two reaso🐎ns as to why there’s been a lack of race wins for the Ducati GP23 bike in 2024.

Francesco Bagnaia
Francesco Bagnaia

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Francesco Bagnaia secured his third consecutive MotoGP win at 🐬Mugello on Sunday, taking🦄 his tally of wins in 2024 to four.

That’s more than half the grand prix’ so far this season, which i🅷s a big reason as to why Bagnaia managed to gain 21 points back against championship leader Jorge Martin.

Bagn🌼aia, who also won the sprint on Saturday, recovered fromღ a three-place grid penalty as he went from fifth to first in the space of two corners.

But Bagnaia admitted it wasn’t easy to lead and keep a hot pace, despite makin💖g it look comfortable.

Bagnaia said: “It was difficult to always have the same pac🎶e. I was trying to be🌊 as consistent as possible but after seven or eight laps I started to see that it was difficult with the front tyre.

“The drop with the rear was constant, but every tiౠme I tried to do the same lap times the front was 🦋having a lot of movement.

“I was losing i♍t so I decided to use a different strategy which was to do a cool down lap between two fast laps. It worked perfectly.”

Ducati have won six of the firsღt seven races this seas🍸on and they have all come from riders aboard 2024 machinery.

Marc🌌 Marquez, riding the year-old GP23 has been close on occasion, but the difference in performance was clear at Mugello.

The GP24 was punching out of corne꧒rs with grea💮ter speed as Marquez struggled to get on terms with Enea Bastianini.

But while the GP24 has improved and become a quicker bike, Bagnaia also said that the three riders on the podium in Mugello (himself, Martin and Bastianini) had something to d🎶o with that too.

Bagnaia added: “The GP24 is 1.5 seconds faster each lap. The fact is that, for sure, we have adapted wel🧔l.

“Last year’s bike needed more time to adapt but it was a very good bik♎e. In some tracks it 🐓was very competitive and in some tracks it was less competitive.

“Here, the GP23 was fantꦗastic and also in Barcelona. It is difficult to ⭕know why.

“In the test at Jerez with the 23 [bike] they had a different exhaust valve which helped a lot with the problems they were facing last year. ဣNow they are very similar.

“A win from a 23 bike will come soon. Also the level is very high and we are 🎃doing a very special job. We are not three slow riders. We are doing an excellent job.”

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